Caravaggio's The Supper at Emmaus features a snag in a wicker basket that mirrors an underground Christian emblem, writes Kelly Grovier. Sometimes a flaw isn't a flaw at all but a flourish – a ...

This painting depicts the biblical story of the Supper at Emmaus, when the disguised, resurrected Christ suddenly reveals himself to two astonished disciples as they all sit down to dinner. The artist ...

Caravaggio's second interpretation of the Supper at Emmaus (Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan) is arguably one the artist's most significant paintings, since it marks a double turning-point in his career.

The Supper at Emmaus and The Taking of Christ, painted in 1601 and 1602 respectively by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, have rarely been seen together since the first quarter of the 17th century.